The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-12-09
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q Mans Life Wrecked by an Encoun'
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q Mans Life Wrecked by an Encounter
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A tall, Observation-Disclosures man, lean
ing on the arm OF an attendant, was walk.
Ing up Madison avenue Sunday just as
vast throng OF church, goers were return-
ing home, says the New York World.
Suddenly he stopped, looked at his legs in
a frightened way, and fell to the ground
in fit. His body twisted and writhed in
q way horrible to see, and he made a
strange noise which sounded like dozen
angry rattIesnakes. The rentlenan's
attendant evidently knew just what to do.
He raised the sufferers head so that he
could not injurs it on the sidewalk, and
quickly loosened the fastenings of his
shirt. When the first violence of the fit
had worn of the attendant called on a
| bystander for help and removed the gem
/ tleman to drug store. During the fit the
/ gentleman's hat had rolled off, and also 6
wig, leaving a head exposed as smooth as
a billiard ball. While waiting for car
rage the attendant told a reporter a re-
markable story of how his master came to
be SO terribly afflicted.
The gentleman is Mr.. Franeklyn Brush.
Ten years ago Mr.. Brush came to America
from England to sock his fortune as
/ civil engineer. He had letters OF
4 introduction which secured him q
ern railroad in Texas, which was then be-
ing built. He joined Major Benham's
party as assistant engineer. One day in
October, 1877, Major Benham sent Mr..
/ Brush to obtain certain papers from Cap
/ tain Wardell, who was engineer in charge
/ of the next division. He started on his
twenty ride in the morning and
reached his destination shortly before
noon. He refused an invitation to remain
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of the day had passed and at once started
on his return journey. Half way between
/ the two camps Mr.. Brush became tired
/ and dismounted from his horse. He found
/ a shady place on large rock overshad.
/ owed by trees and stretched himself out
to rest.
He had been asleep some time when be
was awakened by a strange sensation. i
seemed as though a heavy weight was at
tached to each leg. When he opened hi;
eyes an ominous rafting noise greeted his
ears. Two huge rattlesnakes had coiled
/ about each of his legs, and at ths slightest
motion the animals raised their heads
ready to strike. Afraid to move anc
| filed with inexpressible terror, Mr.
Brush lay hour after hour with thu
two big snakes coiIed about him
At last the sun began to set, and tn
chill night air began to make the snakes
uncomfortable. SLOWLY bney unWounC
| themselves from about Mr.. Brush, anC
| crawled into a crevice in the rocks. Their
he mounted his horse and rode into camp
When his horse halted in front of Majol
Benham's tent, Mr.. Brush fell from it in
cit. For three days he remained uncon
scious, passing from one fit into another
until his life was despaired of. At last b.
rallied sufficiently to be removed to San
Antonio, where he remained in the hos
p:tal for six months. During his illness
svery hair dropped from his head. A
soon as practicable MT. Brush was takeE
TO England, where he remained until
fear ago, when, through the death of
relative, he came into handsome proper
~. He has been travelling under the car
Of a nurse since then, but he is constantly
subject to fits. It is the opinion of note
surgeons who have failed to effect a cur
that Mr.. Brush will die during one of thes
fits.